An arrest affidavit recently obtained by the Journal-World details how a Lawrence woman allegedly obtained black market pills that ended up killing her boyfriend.
The woman, Chloe Lyn Colby, 21, is charged with one count of distribution of a controlled substance causing death. The charge relates to an incident on April 17, 2021, when she is alleged to have provided counterfeit Oxycodone to her boyfriend, ...
Updated at 6:16 p.m. Thursday
A former Douglas County employee was sentenced Thursday in Douglas County District Court to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 25 years in a child sex crime case.
Timothy Glen Martins, 47, was convicted in May of four counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and one count of indecent liberties with a child. One of the convictions of aggravated ...
Lawrence Police Chief Rich Lockhart has created the first-ever position in his department focused on diversity and community relationships, and he did it with the intention of minimizing "blind spots."
The new job — titled executive officer for diversity and community engagement — isn't to address a specific problem but instead to ensure that there's always a pair of eyes on issues that might otherwise go ...
A Lawrence man was ordered to stand trial Tuesday in Douglas County District Court on multiple counts of criminal damage and battery against a law enforcement officer — after previously having been ordered to stand trial in a separate case where he is alleged to have thrown bricks at passing cars.
The man, John Timothy Price, 34, in the most recent preliminary hearing is charged with four counts of criminal ...
The Lawrence Police Department on Tuesday bestowed the Citizen Distinguished Service Award on a resident for rendering aid to two men who had shot each other in the Hy-Vee parking lot following a road-rage incident.
The award came during the Lawrence City Commission meeting when Police Chief Rich Lockhart brought the resident, Spencer Lewis, before the commission. Mayor Courtney Shipley presented Lewis with a ...
Updated at 4 p.m. Wednesday
A Lawrence man facing a charge of attempted murder was found unfit to stand trial on Wednesday in Douglas County District Court.
Shane Jamarr White, 44, faces one count of attempted first-degree murder, one count of aggravated assault and one count of aggravated battery in connection with an incident on May 31, when he is alleged to have threatened a family member with a knife ...
